The Earliest Printed Map of Michoacan Rare map of Bishoprick of Michoacan, comprising 8 provinces to the southwest of Mexico City, published in Madrid, in 1649. The map is dedicated to Marcos Ramírez de Prado y Ovando (1592 - 1667), a Roman...
Rare map of the southern part of Mexico and Guatemala, published in Bologna. The map is intended to illustrate the Augustinian Missionary work and influence in Southern Mexico and Central America. The map appeared in a rare Augustian work entitled...
Rare map of the "Province of Flanders" by Johannes A. Montecalerio, published in Chorographica Descriptio Provinciaru & Conventum… in Milan. The engraving style is bold and unique, not at all similar to contemporary cartographers. There were...
Rare old color example of this early view of Rouen, published in Paris by Jean Boisseau. A fine early panoramic view of the city of Rouen from the south, with the Seine River and St. Paul Church in the foreground and the Notre Dame Cathedral in the...
Rare early view of Marakesh. Rare and superb view of the city of Marrakech and its walled fortifications, from the book Archontologia Cosmica published in 1649. The view is derived from a print of 1646 by Adriaen Matham, who accompanied in 1641 the...